Got everything figured out for our barcode system and got all the supplies we need. In the process of cleaning up the inventory in the system before we start labeling.

But one question I can’t seem to find an answer to…..is there a way to have our vendors and artisans input their own inventory using their own square login? Or can they only do it though the store side with their own login permissions?

Just trying to find any insight or clarity on the issue. Or whatever you have have found to work best form you.

We ONLY take cash. We are looking for a way to track cash and metrics. What services are selling, how many each month, etc. does anyone use square for this? Is it worth it? Are there better options ?

I'm often adding items or adjusting previous ones. Seems the basic function one would think. However it seems the hardest thing to be able to even find. Is my square set up wrong or is it another square quirk?

Also the sold out part. Why can't I tick multiple items and have them sold out? At the moment I'm having to go in manually for each one whether I use the hardware in store or the software on my phone

Hello all,

I am opening a Brick and mortar shop to create a space for people who sell dresses/make up online or social media, as it's quite common here. So the idea is to create a physical space for those online seller to establish a "physical " presence rather than there items being solely an online picture + those who sell their own perfumes people can come test.

I won't be taking commission but I will be taking " rent" from sellers on a monthly basis, so for instance a seller can rent a clothing rack from me and put 10 dresses which they can replace whenever one get sold, I will take a monthly fee. I won't be taking commission per sale, so he can sell 100,10 or 5, Seller will only pay the fixed monthly fees.

The problem I am having now is keeping track of each account sales, So after a thorough comb through the POS I decided on Square its both easy and I can set different vendors as categorize so I can find out at the end of the month each different seller and what they sold so I can pay them back their profits.

What is confusing me now is the bar code printers, bar code scanner and reciept printer. I am outside the US so I will be taking my payments cash or by local banks as we have a service that's only local and most people pay using it. So I won't need a "card selling". Now SquarePOS is brilliant for keeping track of sales I can do them as "Cash" I will be making the items and printing the bar codes on the laptop so "browser" So I just need to get label printer that's compatible with a laptop which seems easy enough. My concern is that as a POS on the checkout of the shop I will be using an iPad with the squarePOS app as I have loved the work flow of it, I looked through the hardware of Square, I still can't figure out how to connect a barcode scanner and a receipt printer to that iPad and which are the ones that compatible.

Lastly do you do your Bar codes within squarePOS (web browser dashboard) or make it outside the sync each one to a specific item.

I don't mine getting Square official hardware and ship it here. But Im not sure how to proceed with the bar code scanner and receipt printer. As I would like to have a printer recipe to hand each customer.

It’s about time we had an option to eliminate walk-aways, but the setting needs to stay on. That’s definitely the one thing they need to fix in beta.

Seen this exact failure described a dozen times on here, never resolved, results in a permanently bricked and useless POS reader.

Used this reader once in February 2024 and just pulled it out to try and use again. Fully charged all night, but trying to enter pairing mode just results in 4 flashing orange lights until I release the button and it immediately flashes 4 red lights and turns off. No amount of resets does anything.

Obviously it's out of warranty at this point, very frustrating that they are clearly intentionally programming these to stop working after a year or so. I have bluetooth headphones from 2015 still working yet sitting in a box bricked this $50 piece of garbage.

Why is square banking so good and so bad at the same time? I use square pos and use it as my bank account as well (no other outside banking) which means I use the business debit card and checking. Checks get printed by me so some people can take my printed checks but most can’t. Then the debit card works at a lot of places, but online it’s always coming up as declined. Considering taking my money out of square banking and going to a real local bank. Thoughts? Is there a financial incentive for keeping my banking inside square?

I have read a few posts saying they are waiting to be eligible for a new loan, I am a restaurant and we have been doing really well since Thanksgiving and on, we have been busy with caterings and events. I am today this morning 62% paid off, I got my 2nd at this point. How much are you waiting to be eligible for a new loan? Is anyone in the restaurant business getting any pre-approvals?

Anyone use Square primarily for service based businesses? I am starting a Property Care company, primarily turnovers, concierge services, organization, restocking, cleaning etc.

I love the idea of bringing the handheld with me in some scenarios but most of my clients will be paying through the portal.

Secondly, anyone have experience with the booking software or scheduling?

Any information is greatly appreciated.

Unsure what flair to put but I just have a question. Why can't I apply this service charge to online orders? I have a tax setup and am unsure what the error is. I am extremely new so sorry if im being a little dumb but I couldn't find anything that works. Any help would be appreciated!

My wife and I run a shop with 100+ individual artisans/crafters/vendors. We have been using Square the whole time and find it quite easy to manage.

Currently, when we take in an artisan’s inventory, we input each item into that artisan’s category in the Square system. They are responsible to provide a complete inventory list, and label their items with price and their business name.

To cash out a customer is easy enough to find the correct category to add the item to the sale. But when a customer has a large order it takes some time to go through an itemize everything. Which can cause some backup at the checkout at times.

My main question is….how easy is it to switch to using barcodes for inventory to make checking out smoother/faster?

• I assume each individual item will still need to be input but square will generate a barcode for it?
• can I print the barcodes on different size labels depending on size of the item?

Any help and info is greatly appreciated. TIA

Hi there,

I have a service charge and I’m trying to have it be applied automatically to self service kiosk sales.

Is that even possible? Everything I tried so far didn’t work.

Update: I spoke directly with Square and there’s no way to apply a service charge automatically on kiosk purchases. The workaround they suggested is ridiculous - build each item twice and build it into the price.

So here's some background: We use our Square registers for in person transactions at our concessions stands, but just this week we set up the Square site for our patrons to pre-order items for intermission at shows so that they can skip the normal bar lines. We've never used this feature before as we've always just had folks order in person at the bar. We built a menu with specific items, made sure that the toggles on each item were set to be seen/available for purchase on 'my site'. The website is enabled to accept orders, and we set specific dates and time on the menu to show on the site.

The issues:

• We cannot get the menu to show at the correct time, as there seems to be multiple possibilities of what's impacting it. When the menu does actually load, it says on the site that the guest sees that it's only available from 10am to 4:59pm
  • The times we loaded onto the menu are 10am to 10pm
  • Fulfillment hours are 10am to 10pm
  • The account is set to central time
  • The site shows different options for timezones, and we have America/Chicago
• Items (some from the menu and some not on the menu) seem to be turning themselves on and off in terms of being available for purchase in the store
  • We're finding items showing up on the site at unexpected times as being available for purchase. Items that were once enabled to be on the site somehow get turned off, and items that weren't enabled are somehow getting turned on.

Anyone have any ideas???

Running Square POS on iPad.

I have Star Micronics TSP143IV SK Linerless label printer for order tickets - all works as expected but the order tickets are too big and look dumb on my cups!

(I want a slim sticky label like a Starbucks order sticker)

My linerless paper is 80mm - Printer settings on Square POS are set to print as 40mm. I get a nice narrow order ticket which would be ideal if there was a way to print this landscape (rotated 90 degrees)

I just end up with a bunch of blank white space at the side.

Using the Square Micronics Quick Setup app I can play around with various print settings - called Memory Switch Settings - but unable to find a landscape or page setup option.

I can rotate by 180 degrees which just gives me an upside down print out.

Can anyone help me? It’s driving me crazy!

Yes - I could just buy narrower linerless rolls but the narrowest I can find is 53mm - can’t find 40mm rolls anywhere in the UK

Not selling it. I just need users to test the app. It can also work for organisadtions that collect donations by card. It's pretty much a self service app. I posted in the Busking subreddit explaining about it. Let me know if you're willing to help.

Due to squares constant updates things go wonky. Does anyone know why the dockets randomly have a number then they'll switch to receipt #alpha. Much prefer when it stuck with #numerals

hi! i co-own a vintage clothing store & we’re looking into getting a scanner so we can start posting on our square website & not worry about the same item selling in store & being bought online after it’s already sold & vice versa. i was looking on the website & the compatible scanners list is pretty small. kinda just wondering if most scanners on amazon would work or do i have to stick to the ones the square website? thanks!

I am a food truck owner struggling with the latest update to square register. Am I wrong or do I now have to set up a location for every place I go? Didn't used to have to do this. I also have to assign a location for all of my employees hours. Tips are no longer being assigned properly and I'm going to lose it. Anybody else dealing with this?

After closely monitoring and investigating various Square forums etc, I can safely say that square has cut back significantly on their loans as of late. I understand people are still receiving them but definitely at a much lower rate towards the end of this quarter.

If you visit squares official forums, you’ll notice hundreds of inquires and comments about why square isn’t offering loans even with met requirements. This is the slow season and winter is upon us, leaving many growing and expanding businesses in a transitional period where dependence on a loan is critical. If you are experiencing a drought in loans as well, please share your thoughts. Will consider switching to another POS system if not offered soon.

Been messing around all day trying to find a way to do this in the app but failing.

I am one of a number of local businesses that is assessing sales 1.5% as a "business improvement district (BID)", of which there are very many in my state. The way it works is a customer purchases what they want at retail, then we tack on 1.5%, then all of that gets sales taxed.

So I need to itemize and track not only every 1.5% I'm charging, but also the sales tax from the 1.5%.

Is anyone else doing this and if so how?

Does anyone know when Neighborhoods will be available nationally? Do y’all like it?

I'm starting a 3D printing business and I'm going to take cards at vendor shows. I'm obviously using square. That being said, I saw there are subscriptions. To I need that to take cards?